Peter H. Diamandis, MD

Executive Founder, Singularity University

Dr. Peter Diamandis was named by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.

He is Executive Founder of Singularity University, a Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world’s leaders on exponentially growing technologies.

He is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions.

Diamandis is also the Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of Human Longevity Inc. (HLI), a genomics and cell therapy-based company focused on extending the healthy human lifespan.

In the field of commercial space, Diamandis is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Planetary Resources, a company designing spacecraft to enable the detection and prospecting of asteroid for fuels and precious materials. He is the also Co-Founder of Space Adventures and Zero Gravity Corporation.

Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling author of two books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD – How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World.

He earned degrees in Molecular Genetics and Aerospace Engineering from the MIT, and holds an MD from Harvard Medical School.

His motto is, “The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.”

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I did an interview recently where I was asked to deconstruct Elon Musk’s entrepreneurial success.
Having known Musk for 17 years, I’ve had the chance to watch his meteoric rise into someone who is arguably...

There is a growing abundance of capital to fund entrepreneurs’ massive transformative purposes (MTPs) and moonshots.
Last year, venture capitalists in the United States poured nearly $70 billion into entrepreneurs—just the tip of the iceberg.
In...

Earlier this month, 13 US government agencies (NOAA, NASA, DOE, etc.) concluded that climate change is real and caused mainly by human activity.
There is no question that this is happening…
The only question now is:...

Last week, Eric Schmidt, chairman of Alphabet, predicted that China will rapidly overtake the US in artificial intelligence…in as little as five years.
Last month, China announced plans to open a $10 billion quantum computing...

Recently, I interviewed my friend Ray Kurzweil at the Googleplex for a 90-minute webinar on disruptive and dangerous ideas, a prelude to my fireside chat with Ray at Abundance 360 this January.
Ray is my friend and...

Your mindset matters — now more than ever.
We are in the midst of a drug epidemic.
The drug? Negative news. The drug pushers? The media.
As I wrote in Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, we pay...

My recent trip to Beijing and Shanghai has me convinced China is the next technological superpower.
This blog lays out the data so you can make your own judgment.
China is the world’s second-largest economy with...

The earliest internet was built by the military, designed to help scientists around the nation gain access to those rare room-sized computers located at MIT, Stanford, and a few key institutions.
Use of the early...

Want to do something new and disruptive? Want to change the status quo? Here’s some advice — be careful before consulting “experts.”
“An expert is someone who can tell you exactly how something can’t be...

Will artificial intelligence “destroy humanity?” Probably not.
But I am concerned that AI and robotics will massively impact the future of work.
McKinsey & Co. predicts that 45 percent of jobs today will be automated out...

I did a quick Twitter poll asking which technology companies you think are the most innovative today. The options were:
Amazon
Google
Facebook
Tesla
(Note: Twitter polls only allow four options... yes, there’s also Apple,...

How do top CEOs lead during this exponential age? How do you manage the explosion of information and onslaught of increasing competition? How do you prevent yourself from getting burned out? How do you...

How do top CEOs lead during this exponential age? How do you manage the explosion of information and onslaught of increasing competition? How do you sort through the abundance of opportunity and avoid getting...

How do top CEOs lead during this exponential age?
How do you manage the explosion of information and onslaught of increasing competition?
How do you sort through the abundance of opportunity and prevent getting burned out?
How...

Today’s most successful companies, the ones that are “crushing it,” started as a series of crazy ideas, followed by experiments to test just how viable those ideas might be.
Experimentation is a crucial mechanism for...

I’m putting out a call for brilliant entrepreneurs who want to enroll in Singularity University’s Global Solutions Program (GSP).
The GSP is where you’ll learn about exponentially growing technology, dig into humanity’s Global Grand Challenges...

Being an entrepreneur today is vastly different than it was 20 years ago.
Today, each of us has access to more capital, more technological tools, more information, more talent, and more computational power than the...

We are at the cusp of a stem cell revolution.
Understanding and harnessing these unique cells may unlock breakthroughs in longevity and therapeutic solutions to all kinds of chronic diseases and regenerative opportunities.
Last month, I...

I just returned from Las Vegas, after walking 20,000 steps on the floor of the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
It’s huge. For reference, CES showcases 2.47 million square feet of exhibit space, hosts 180,000...

2016 was an incredible year for technology, and for humanity.
Despite all the negative political-related news, there were 10 tech trends this year that positively transformed humanity.
For this “2017 Kick-Off” post, I reviewed 52 weeks...

Are you scared of artificial intelligence (AI)?
Do you believe the warnings from folks like Prof. Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and others?
Is AI the greatest tool humanity will ever create, or are we “summoning the...

With all the talk of building walls, it seems to me that technology has actually been rapidly tearing down walls.
Besides your passport, what really defines your nationality these days?
Is it where you were live?...

Here in L.A., it’s kind of insane that a great kindergarten requires a competitive application and tuitions that exceed most colleges.
I started asking myself, given the fact that most elementary schools haven’t changed in...

If you think this election is insane, wait until 2020.
I want you to imagine how, in four years' time, technologies like AI, machine learning, sensors and networks will accelerate.
Political campaigns are about to get...

I give over 50 keynotes per year. My favorite part is fielding the crazy questions at the end.
In fact, I love answering questions about exponentials and abundance so much that I've been encouraging my...

Next year, we may see the launch of the first true quantum computers.
The implications will be staggering.
This post aims to answer three questions:
What are quantum computers?
What are their implications?
Who’s working on...

Massive reductions in insurance costs are coming, along with a wave of disruption.
Traditionally, insurance premiums are determined by actuaries, a function of big numbers, statistics and probabilities.
That's what you have to do when you...

Sex is one of the most powerful, fundamental human drives.
It's caused wars… built and destroyed kingdoms.
It occupies a significant percentage of most people's thoughts.
As such, it's worth a conversation about how exponential technologies will...

We are at the cusp of an energy revolution.
This post is a look at how three technologies — solar, batteries, and electric vehicles (EVs) — are poised to disrupt a $6 trillion energy industry over the...

I often speak about the importance of experimentation.
What about experimenting with how we govern ourselves?
As we enter election season, I'm struck by the question, can we run meaningful experiments with government: how we vote,...

For the purpose of this post, I'd like to suspend moral and ethical considerations for a moment — let’s call this a fun thought experiment.
As we enter Olympics season, I find myself thinking about what...

People are concerned about how AI and robotics are taking jobs, destroying livelihoods, reducing our earning capacity, and subsequently destroying the economy.
In anticipation, countries like Canada, India and Finland are running experiments to pilot...

I'm constantly inquiring about the impact of exponential change over the next 20 years. An equally important question is, what won't change over the next two decades?
For entrepreneurs, understanding what is constant and what is changing can...

The way we learn today is just wrong.
Learning needs to be less like memorization, and more like…Angry Birds.
Half of school dropouts name boredom as the number one reason they left.
How do we get our kids to...

In the next 20 years, between 50 percent to 100 percent of the world's energy production could come from solar.
Today, the global oil and natural gas industry is about a $4 trillion business. It's big...

This post explores how to run great experiments in your company, based on recent conversations with my friend Astro Teller, Chief of Moonshots at "X" (formally Google X, Google's R&D factory).
X's mission is to invent and...

This post explores the inside workings of "X" (formally Google X, Google's R&D factory) through conversations with my friend Astro Teller, chief of moonshots.
If you want to create a successful, hyper-growth company around solving tough...

If you want to create a successful, hyper-growth company, you've got to focus on creating the right culture and learning how to rapidly experiment.
In this blog, I discuss these two key subjects with Jeff...

Unexpected convergent consequences…this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once. This post (sixth in a series of seven) is a look at robotics. Be sure to read the first five posts if...

Unexpected convergent consequences…this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once. This post (five of seven) is a look at 3D printing. Future posts will look at other tech areas, and be...

Unexpected convergent consequences...this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once. This post (four of seven) is a look at drones. Future posts will look at other tech areas, and...